West Alabama quarterback Harry Satterwhite is one of 34 nominees for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is considered the most prestigious award in Division II athletics.

Satterwhite, a junior who played at McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile, finished the season with 4,285 passing yards, moving him to fifth on the Tigers career list. In his season finale win over North Greenville, Satterwhite went 34-of-55 for 367 yards and three touchdowns.

He is one of seven nominees from the NCAA Division II's Super Regional Two for what is considered the division's version of the Heisman Trophy.

Players are nominated and voted on by the sports information directors at the 169 NCAA Division II football-playing institutions. The 34 initial candidates will be placed on regional ballots and the top two players from each of the four NCAA regions will advance to the national ballot when regional voting concludes on November 27.

West Alabama is currently awaiting its first game of the Division II playoffs, after earning an opening week bye by virtue of being the No. 1 seed in Super Region Two.

The Tigers ended the regular season with a 9-2 record, making this team just the fourth in the history of the program to win nine games in the regular season and the first since 1975.

They will host a second-round game against the winner of the Bowie State-Delta State game on Saturday, Nov. 25 at Tiger Stadium in Livingston.

The Harlon Hill winner will be announced on Dec. 15 and presented his trophy at a Jan. 5 presentation at the University of North Alabama.